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Exam Questions - Intro - To Lit Srtudy - 2019
Exam Questions - Intro - To Lit Srtudy - 2019
Exam Questions
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7Literature as a verbal art. Literary language and the language of literature.
Literary language – language of educated people.
language of literature – poetic language and artistic language.
Literary language is a core of the language of literature
11Literature and its audience. Folk and elite literature.Modern popular literature.
Folk and elite literature.
In preliterate societies oral literature was widely shared; it saturated the
society and was as much a part of living. As society evolved its various
social layers, or classes, an “elite” literature began to be distinguishable
from the “folk” literature of the people.
With the invention of writing this separation was accelerated until finally
literature was being experienced individually by the elite (reading a
book), while folklore and folk song were experienced orally and more or
less collectively by the illiterate common people.
Elite literature continuously refreshes itself with materials drawn from the
popular
On the other hand folk literature borrows themes and, very rarely,
patterns from elite literature
Rhythm is the pattern of sound created by the varying length and emphasis given to
different syllables.
22Novella and a short story as prose genres. Their similar and distinguishing
characteristics.
also called a short novel, longer than a novelette but shorter than a
novel.
The novella is a common literary genre in several European languages.
A novella more complicated than short stories.[6] The conflicts also
have more time to develop than in short stories. not divided into
chapters, and are often intended to be read at a single sitting
23Distinction of poetry from prose forms in terms of form, in terms of emotional value.
by its compression,